joining us now, wilbur ross. i found the battle with icahn, and ackman, and soros and everyone in jumping up and at each other is fascinating and that isn't what we do. >> we haven't had a public fight with any of those. liz: you're a midwestern guy. you don't fight. but you invest in things seemingly nobody else wants. what is the latest distressed area you think faces nateing? >> we're focusing more and more on banks in spain, greece, the whole southern part of europe. liz: greece? you really are fearless. >> we haven't done anything yet. we've been just studying it. ashley: you did very well with the bank of ireland. >> bank of ireland has been very good so far. it will be even better as time goes. ashley: what about the spanish banks, in particular that you like? >> well, the spanish government has done a pretty good job, first of all, fixing the economy. they changed the labor rules a lot. we have some factories in northern spain. we see the productivity increase. so it's not just government pr. it's true. s